Barangay Visit starts in Tandag City
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur – The Barangay Visitation of the local government unit of Tandag City under the leadership of Mayor Roxanne Pimentel has resumed starting on September 14, 2022 after 2 years of restrictions due to CoviD-19 devastated the country.
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| Photo Credit: LGU-Tandag City |
With the current administration’s goal for everyone to have the right access to
quality health care, the city government offers free and quality medical
services to all the 21 barangays in the city during the visitation.
The LGU has invited volunteer doctors to serve the barangays, especially those
that do not have easy access to quality and affordable health care. On top of
this, the city government also provides free medicines to anyone who needs it.
During the implementation of the Barangay Visit, several free services were
offered such as dental, COVID-19 vaccination, nutrition, agricultural, civil
registrary, social welfare and development including eye screening and
eyeglass distribution, registration of large animals, and veterinary services
were conducted simultaneously. The libreng gupit and libreng eye-care program
were also offered.
Based on the report, a total of 489 clients from Barangays of Mabuhay and
Maticdum benefitted from the services during the first day of its
implementation.
The residents were grateful as they availed the different services offered
during the activity.
“This is a great help to us, the seniors and children including myself are very
grateful because we received a lot of free services, thank you Mayor
Roxanne," - Pablita Ajos, one of the recipients said.
The Barangay Visit is a biannual program of the city government which aims to
bring government services closer to the people. For this batch, it will run
starting September 14, 2022, until October 5, 2022. (PIA-Surigao del Sur)
